For the Future Learning Camp Held in Shanghai
                                From 18th to 22nd September 2023, the China Development Research Foundation 
(CDRF) organized a 5-day Vocational Education Learning Camp in Shanghai. More 
than 50 teachers and students from 10 vocational schools in Guangzhou and 
Chengdu, specializing in machineryrelated fields, participated in this 
activity.

The theme of the camp is centered on the modernization of the "machinery 
industry", aiming to promote in-depth exchanges between For the Future pilot 
schools and enterprises, enhance the professional skills of students in 
secondary vocational schools, and encourage participants to venture out and 
broaden their horizons, find their career goals, so as to lay a good foundation 
for their future career planning and development.

Visiting Sany Heavy Industry

Visiting Suzhou Tram Factory

Students at the China Industry Expo
During the 5-day camp, teachers and students of the vocational school visited 
several large enterprises and colleges that are highly relevant to their future 
career development, including Sany Heavy Industry, Suzhou Tram Factory, Shanghai 
Jiaotong University and Bilibili, as well as the world-renowned China 
International IndustryFair. Through the learning camp, the participants not only 
saw various advanced machinery and equipment, but also gained firsthand 
experience of the latest development and cutting-edge technology in the 
industry, and also contacted with the application of smart machinery and 
equipment and "Internet of Everything" in modern enterprises.
The Shanghai Vocational Education Learning Camp allowed the students to 
explore modern science while colliding their thoughts with it and facilitated 
them with acquiring deeper insight into their studies and career planning in the 
field of mechanical industry. The camp has also widened students' selectivity of 
their future careers from multiple perspectives, which helped direct their 
future career development.